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having spoken to the acting director of the cia, the former director of the cia, were any of those people able to answer that for you? >> they say they don't know. they say there is a long interagency process. eggs precious they use is when it left the building meaning the cia, the reference to al qaeda was in there, when it came back it was taken out, indicated it went to the department of justice. went to the state department and the national security council, it went to public information officers. it went to the deputies meeting. somewhere along the line that was taken out. and so it changed the whole tone of it. megyn: that's unbelievable to me that you have all these officials on something this important and no one has been able to tell you the chairman of the homeland security committee or these lawmakers on capitol hill who removed the al qaeda references from the talking points that would be delivered to the american people? there is no accountability by these folks who answer to us through you our representative? >> i agree with you completely. especially since the president and
having spoken to the acting director of the cia, the former director of the cia, were any of those people able to answer that for you? >> they say they don't know. they say there is a long interagency process. eggs precious they use is when it left the building meaning the cia, the reference to al qaeda was in there, when it came back it was taken out, indicated it went to the department of justice. went to the state department and the national security council, it went to public...
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cia deputy director michael morelle will head the cia now until the president decides on another director. kelly and jamie. >> kelly: thank you very much. by the way, the fallout continues, we're learning details about the woman david petraeus allegedly had an affair with. paula broadwell previously was an army captain and recently promoted to lt. colonel in the army reserves, taught at west point, a research associate harvard university center for public leadership. in her early life val valedictorian of her high school and homecoming queen. and later with his cooperation she began a doctoral dissertation that included his leadership and that resulted in the book. >> there's another major story and it's getting national attention this hour and you won't be surprised because there's mounting anger over the pace of the recovery effort to hurricane super storm sandy. it has been 12 days since that super storm hit and as you can see there are hard hit places like long beach, new york, still looking very much like disaster areas and that has prompted some angry protests today outside one powe
cia deputy director michael morelle will head the cia now until the president decides on another director. kelly and jamie. >> kelly: thank you very much. by the way, the fallout continues, we're learning details about the woman david petraeus allegedly had an affair with. paula broadwell previously was an army captain and recently promoted to lt. colonel in the army reserves, taught at west point, a research associate harvard university center for public leadership. in her early life val...
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fall out bro growing after the head of the cia quit. yust before he was to testify on the terrorist attack on libya. shock and disbelief. turn to wide spread calls for answers especially about the timing . did general petraeus have another reason for quitting. if it was that serious wouldn't the director of the fbi would tell the president of the united states that he may be compromised. >> new details on the developing store store. an american family living in third world conditions after sandy. it is not even anger now. it is just broken people. people are being brokep. and our nation on the brink of massive tax hike. two leaders going head-to-head over how to deal with our debt and they need to get it done now. >> they are damaging our question. and start to solve the problem. we are serious about reducing the debt. the wealthy east americans stop the americans from going after the cliff. >> there is new reaction to the resignation of the cia. the timing of david petraeus's departure. it is a day after the four-star general ended his
fall out bro growing after the head of the cia quit. yust before he was to testify on the terrorist attack on libya. shock and disbelief. turn to wide spread calls for answers especially about the timing . did general petraeus have another reason for quitting. if it was that serious wouldn't the director of the fbi would tell the president of the united states that he may be compromised. >> new details on the developing store store. an american family living in third world conditions...
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david petraeus out as director of the cia. the four-star general and architect of the war in iraq resigned after admitting he had an affair. suzanne kelly has the latest. >> hi, erin, well, a u.s. official confirms to cnn that the fbi investigated a tip that he was involved in an extramarital affair, paula broadwell. she spent a year with petraeus in afghanistan for the book he wrote. cnn has not been able to reach broadwell for a comment and it's not clear whether she is the woman whom petraeus had the affair. the counterintelligence unit investigated the tip to see if there was a security risk. they said tl not suggestion that the fbi was investigating for wrong doing. the concern was that he could be in a vulnerable spot. >> and is there any information that you have in terms of this information that the fbi had as to whether this woman that you mentioned, paula broadwell, we'll talk more about her, that she would have accessed his information with his approval or unbeknowest to him? >> i know the two kept in touch. i've wo
david petraeus out as director of the cia. the four-star general and architect of the war in iraq resigned after admitting he had an affair. suzanne kelly has the latest. >> hi, erin, well, a u.s. official confirms to cnn that the fbi investigated a tip that he was involved in an extramarital affair, paula broadwell. she spent a year with petraeus in afghanistan for the book he wrote. cnn has not been able to reach broadwell for a comment and it's not clear whether she is the woman whom...
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acting cia director michael morrell will testify instead, but some republicans are not pleased. >> at the end of the day, one thing that has to happen in my view is we got to get to the bottom of the benghazi, and i don't see how in the world can you find out what happened in benghazi before, during and after the attack if general petraeus does not testify. >> reporter: cnn has not been able to reach broadwell for comment. >> athena jones reporting. author william boyle has spoken to general petraeus and worked with him and followed his career up close as he researched a book after iraq, and i asked him what it was like to interview petraeus. >> i wrote a book about him and i interviewed him -- a book about iraq and interviewed him in 2010 and when i asked him for an interview, i got an e-mail response from him directly like that. i got other e-mails from him subsequent to that, subsequent to our interview, where he was enthusiastic and supportive and cheering me on for getting good reviews, and it was like i had a mentor. you know, he is very effective personally. but then when i sta
acting cia director michael morrell will testify instead, but some republicans are not pleased. >> at the end of the day, one thing that has to happen in my view is we got to get to the bottom of the benghazi, and i don't see how in the world can you find out what happened in benghazi before, during and after the attack if general petraeus does not testify. >> reporter: cnn has not been able to reach broadwell for comment. >> athena jones reporting. author william boyle has...
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. >>> the surprising resignation of cia general david petraeus. the report is that indicative of an extramarital affair, paula broadwell has not responded to our repeated request for comment. kristen welcker is joining me now. what can you tell us about this breaking story? >> good afternoon, craig. the fbi has opened up an investigation into paula broadwell to see if she had improper access to general petraeus' e-mails or computer files. david petraeus is not under investigation himself and they do not expect their inquiry will result in criminal charges. we have, of course, reached out to paula broadwell. we have not heard back from her. she wrote a biography called "all in." some people describe it as glowing. it's certainly coming under a lot of scrutiny right now. just to give you a lick tick tock of how this unfolded. the white house learned about this on wednesday. general petraeus requested to meet with president obama on thursday. he explained the situation to the president, offered the resignation and president obama said give me 24 hour
. >>> the surprising resignation of cia general david petraeus. the report is that indicative of an extramarital affair, paula broadwell has not responded to our repeated request for comment. kristen welcker is joining me now. what can you tell us about this breaking story? >> good afternoon, craig. the fbi has opened up an investigation into paula broadwell to see if she had improper access to general petraeus' e-mails or computer files. david petraeus is not under investigation...
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closed doors about benghazi. >> a week after resigning his post, former cia director david petraeus testified behind closed doors friday on the september 11th attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. and his testimony for the house and senate intelligence committees bizarre revelations about the four-star general's affair with paula broadwell. we're back with phil and kim strassel and joining matt, what have we learned now? the election's over this week, about the benghazi attack. >> the drip, drip of information keeps coming out and coming out. and we've learned far more about the personal life than benghazi the last two months and the important thing this week, especially on friday was that general petraeus was reported to have told the senate intelligence committee in closed hearings that he thought it was terrorism within 24 hours. which questioned the narrative put out by the white house, subsequently and for the eight days afterwards, they said, no, no, al-qaeda had nothing to do with it. this was the fault
closed doors about benghazi. >> a week after resigning his post, former cia director david petraeus testified behind closed doors friday on the september 11th attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. and his testimony for the house and senate intelligence committees bizarre revelations about the four-star general's affair with paula broadwell. we're back with phil and kim strassel and joining matt, what have we learned...
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petraeus had a distinguished military career before being chose ton head up the cia. he xharnded u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. he was also considered by some to be a possible presidential candidate. cnn military analyst james spider marks talked with me earlier about petraeus' legacy. >> it's terribly unfortunate. i do know general dave petraeus. in fact, we knew each other in high school and certainly at west point and then i had the great good fortune of serving along him in a number of assignments to include combat in iraq early on and paula broadwell was a young officer who worked for me about a decade ago, and she's just immensely gifted, bright, talented, fit, a great representative of the very best our nation brings forward. so you have these two incredibly gifted folks, and they make a human frailty, but at the end of the day leadership is all about competence and character, and in the case of dave petraeus, no one, no one would challenge his competence. that's a matter of record. but at the end of the day his character indicated a bit of a frailty, and
petraeus had a distinguished military career before being chose ton head up the cia. he xharnded u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. he was also considered by some to be a possible presidential candidate. cnn military analyst james spider marks talked with me earlier about petraeus' legacy. >> it's terribly unfortunate. i do know general dave petraeus. in fact, we knew each other in high school and certainly at west point and then i had the great good fortune of serving along him in a...
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lot of other indications that indicate that was not true, denied by the libyan prime minister, the cia station chief called it an act of terror. we had the fbi and i believe the national center for counterterrorism also giving briefings. >> paul: that's right. >> saying this. why was general petraeus's testimony then so at odds with other parts of the community? >> but does this, would this give-- what does it mean for, say, susan rice and the administration then? is this, does this help them politically by shielding them or does petraeus here saying i thought it was a terrorist attack, does that mean this puts, for example, susan rice's statements more up to scrutiny? >> well, i think answers the fundamental question, did they deliberately mislead on this case for political reasons because they were driving the narrative that al-qaeda had been decimated and the war, war was receding or a question of incompetence. neither of those two things is good for the administration although it's after the election, so, they can get the consequences. >> let's take a look at the president talking
lot of other indications that indicate that was not true, denied by the libyan prime minister, the cia station chief called it an act of terror. we had the fbi and i believe the national center for counterterrorism also giving briefings. >> paul: that's right. >> saying this. why was general petraeus's testimony then so at odds with other parts of the community? >> but does this, would this give-- what does it mean for, say, susan rice and the administration then? is this,...
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could the now disgraced cia director uncover more than one extramarital affair? and although he stepped down, why general petraeus could be the only person to vindicate or incriminate the white house over the consulate attack in benghazi. >>> and plus, the grand old party in need of a makeover. >> you said that you not only had that problem, but you have -- >> an angry white man problem. >> republican leaders now admitting that the gop needs some new faces or face extinction. >>> and coast the coast, tribute s to men and women who fight for our freedom. tonight, we honor america's veterans. >>> hello, everyone. i'm don lemon and we will go into more detail on all of those stories, but first we want to get you caught up on all of the headlines. >>> in parades all across america, people came out to thank our military heroes. paradegoers in new york aided victims of superstorm sandy collecting winter coats for those hit hardest by the storm. at arlington national cemetery president obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and then met with families who lost l
could the now disgraced cia director uncover more than one extramarital affair? and although he stepped down, why general petraeus could be the only person to vindicate or incriminate the white house over the consulate attack in benghazi. >>> and plus, the grand old party in need of a makeover. >> you said that you not only had that problem, but you have -- >> an angry white man problem. >> republican leaders now admitting that the gop needs some new faces or face...
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that the cia director was involved. i have real questions about this. i think a timeline has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened. now, as far as leaving the hole, general petraeus was an outstanding general, outstanding, dedicated public official. he is going to be missed. as i'm sure senator mendez would agree, no one is irreplaceable in government, but he will have at least a short-term impact any time you lose someone like general petraeus's stature, especially under these circumstances, it does create -- again, at least a short-term gap, but, again, there are other people there who can and will definitely fill in, but i go back to the point that this just doesn't add up. the whole tileline here as to how this investigation will be your level. >>. >> i'm suggesting that the fbi move forward to say when they xwan the investigation, why it reached that level, when they first realized that general petraeus might be involved and at the time they did realize he was involved, did they go to the white house, d
that the cia director was involved. i have real questions about this. i think a timeline has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened. now, as far as leaving the hole, general petraeus was an outstanding general, outstanding, dedicated public official. he is going to be missed. as i'm sure senator mendez would agree, no one is irreplaceable in government, but he will have at least a short-term impact any time you lose someone like general petraeus's stature, especially under these...
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more details about the shocking scandal that cost the head of the can cia his job. david kerley has new information about david petraeus' extramarital affair came to light. >> reporter: we're learning stung details about this scandal. it was an affair between petraeus and his biographer paula broadwell. broad we'll had access to petraeus. >> i they trusted me. i got to know his family and e his mentors. >> reporter: confirmed as cia director more than a year ago. several sources tell abc news that it was an e-mail that unravelled the affair. couple of months ago, a woman in the tampa area, with a association with david petraeus, received a strange and harassing e-mail which launched the investigation. the e-mail was traced back to the computer of paula broadwell. but what agents found instead of a account were salacious e-mails between petraeus and broadwell. >> there had been rumors between him and broadwell for some time. but, frankly, i didn't believe them and neither did just about anybody else i knew. he just didn't seem the type. >> reporter: martha raddatz re
more details about the shocking scandal that cost the head of the can cia his job. david kerley has new information about david petraeus' extramarital affair came to light. >> reporter: we're learning stung details about this scandal. it was an affair between petraeus and his biographer paula broadwell. broad we'll had access to petraeus. >> i they trusted me. i got to know his family and e his mentors. >> reporter: confirmed as cia director more than a year ago. several...
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the downfall of the cia chief and the remains of superstorm sandy. with new jersey senator bob menendez and new york congressman peter king. then dissecting tuesday's results with california governor jerry brown. plus, cnn's dana bash looks at the grand old party and the new electorate with a foursome of republicans. former presidential candidate jon huntsman, congresswoman cathy mcmorris-rodgers. former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez, and conservative activist gary bauer piem candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> good morning from california. the state that led the tax cut revolution in the late '70s but this past tuesday voted to raise taxes. we'll talk to governor jerry brown later in the show. but first, that fiscal cliff. those tax cuts and spending hikes scheduled to take place at the end of the year unless congress acts. president obama and john boehner picked up where they left off in dueling public appearances where both sounded conciliatory but didn't seem to budge much. you must add to the president's to-do list one mor
the downfall of the cia chief and the remains of superstorm sandy. with new jersey senator bob menendez and new york congressman peter king. then dissecting tuesday's results with california governor jerry brown. plus, cnn's dana bash looks at the grand old party and the new electorate with a foursome of republicans. former presidential candidate jon huntsman, congresswoman cathy mcmorris-rodgers. former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez, and conservative activist gary bauer piem candy...
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a new scandal involving now former cia director general petraeus and an extramarital affair, a florida socialite, a bare chested fbi agent and is this a concern or a washington smoke screen? >> i don't think anyone on either side of the aisle underestimates the difficulties. >> both sides work to gain the high ground in dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, but the media seem to be one-sided in the details. which side do you think they're on? and it's in with the new, but are the old staying, too. >> oh, you've always asked that question except to mitch mcconnell. >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. jove oldman, talk radio and jim pinkerton contributing editor the american conservative magazine, and alan colmes, author of thank liberals for saving america and i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> this is about the role she played around four dead americans when it seems to be that the story coming out of the administration and she's the point person, is so disconnected to reality, i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is be
a new scandal involving now former cia director general petraeus and an extramarital affair, a florida socialite, a bare chested fbi agent and is this a concern or a washington smoke screen? >> i don't think anyone on either side of the aisle underestimates the difficulties. >> both sides work to gain the high ground in dealing with the looming fiscal cliff, but the media seem to be one-sided in the details. which side do you think they're on? and it's in with the new, but are the...
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as head of the cia. abc news has learned that paula broadwell sent a strange and harassing e-mail to another woman that was traced back to broadwell's computer. that triggered the investigation that uncovered their relationship. >>> and the new james bond film skyfall had more than $30 million in ticket sales on friday, setting it up to be the biggest opening weekend ever for the franchise. >>> time now for the weather and over to ginger. >> vail opens at the end of the week. they had about a half a foot of snow. that's yesterday and today, we get a picture from there. beautiful. beaver creek, just getting excited to ski. snow fell in the mountains in the west. 48 inches in montana. but there's another storm heading toward the pacific northwest. seattle 46. you'll get some rain and some mountain snows over the cascades and other areas. look at this cold front dividing the country. today -- denver, 37. kansas city, 43 behind it. st. louis, 76. you're going to have that severe weather pocket in missouri an
as head of the cia. abc news has learned that paula broadwell sent a strange and harassing e-mail to another woman that was traced back to broadwell's computer. that triggered the investigation that uncovered their relationship. >>> and the new james bond film skyfall had more than $30 million in ticket sales on friday, setting it up to be the biggest opening weekend ever for the franchise. >>> time now for the weather and over to ginger. >> vail opens at the end of the...
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former cia covert operatives. the louis gomer, and to leading doctors here to psychoanalyzed it all. in washington that is a lot. our first guest has deep understanding of the y the intelligence community works. joining us now, former cia operative, the highly decorated operative who served 23 years in a clandestine service. he worked as chi of station in the middle east and latin america -- let america. the first question has to be, the former cia director saying that he does not know what happened afer the cia send over their memorandum. that isn't the one he delivered, and the changes had to be made subsequently. the cia director, by the way, you anticipated when you were on this broadcast a few years ago saying that it had to have originated in -- he changes, the flowfrom the white house to the united nations ambassador had to occur either in the state department of the white house itself. >> i stand by that. and e fact is that no one writes those sorts of things that a cia officer would right to my director w
former cia covert operatives. the louis gomer, and to leading doctors here to psychoanalyzed it all. in washington that is a lot. our first guest has deep understanding of the y the intelligence community works. joining us now, former cia operative, the highly decorated operative who served 23 years in a clandestine service. he worked as chi of station in the middle east and latin america -- let america. the first question has to be, the former cia director saying that he does not know what...
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under the new system the director of the cia reports to clapper. clapper is his boss, and they thought that clapper should know. he controls the security clearances. let him make the decision about whether it was proper to keep david petraeus on the job. obviously clapper felt it wasn't and told petraeus he ought to resign. >> i guess it's one of those cases once people know about it, the catch-22 is you have to do something about it or else you're part of the cover-up. maybe that's the way they look at it. pete williams, as always, thank you, sir. >> that's right. >> do you have a thought? >> i was going to say one other thing, by certainly mid to late october petraeus knows he's under investigation. he knows that the fbi knows about this. but he doesn't decide to go and tell the white house and offer to resign until clapper tells him to do so. >> more information. thank you so much, pete, for that reporting. more on the politics of the petraeus scandal, if you will. eugene robinson is an associate editor and columnist for "the washington post." a
under the new system the director of the cia reports to clapper. clapper is his boss, and they thought that clapper should know. he controls the security clearances. let him make the decision about whether it was proper to keep david petraeus on the job. obviously clapper felt it wasn't and told petraeus he ought to resign. >> i guess it's one of those cases once people know about it, the catch-22 is you have to do something about it or else you're part of the cover-up. maybe that's the...
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>> the cia. i don't know if it was with him -- the talking points were drafted were specific about al qaeda affiliations or al qaeda terrorist activities. they didn't have it in front of them. after it went through the process, whatever that process is, which they seemed unclear about, that was taken out. >> how long did the hearing last? >> an hour and -- he had an opening statement about 20 minutes. so an hour and ten minutes of questions. >> was he asked about the statement that paula broadwell made at a speech? >> no. >> about the cia? >> no. >> are you saying the dni took it out or the administration took it out? >> again, i guess it's how you define the administration. it also went to the department of justice, state department. and i believe the national security council. >> did he talk about the films, videos and how -- >> yes. >> what did he say about those? >> i can't get into that. nothing controversial. >> did you guys watch any films today? >> no. we saw them yesterday. >> yesterday?
>> the cia. i don't know if it was with him -- the talking points were drafted were specific about al qaeda affiliations or al qaeda terrorist activities. they didn't have it in front of them. after it went through the process, whatever that process is, which they seemed unclear about, that was taken out. >> how long did the hearing last? >> an hour and -- he had an opening statement about 20 minutes. so an hour and ten minutes of questions. >> was he asked about the...
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advising the cia director to resign. thursday at the white house, petraeus offered his resignation to the president, who waited 24 hours to accept. so shocking, because petraeus himself had been critical of officers guilty of infidelity. >> he spoke of them in just this tone of contempt that they had engaged in this kind of dishonorable behavior, which is why i just never thought he would be up for that sort of thing. >> this morning the head of national intelligence says he has no plans to start an investigation into petraeus' activities with broadwell. bianna? >> and, david, so many people are questioning the timing of this all coming days after the election. if as you said the fbi had been investigating for months, how is it that the white house and congress were both left in the dark? >> representative peter king, one of those raising questions, why didn't the fbi tell the committees and the white house earlier, no response directly from the white house yet. the intelligence committee and investigators rather for the
advising the cia director to resign. thursday at the white house, petraeus offered his resignation to the president, who waited 24 hours to accept. so shocking, because petraeus himself had been critical of officers guilty of infidelity. >> he spoke of them in just this tone of contempt that they had engaged in this kind of dishonorable behavior, which is why i just never thought he would be up for that sort of thing. >> this morning the head of national intelligence says he has no...
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>> well the cia did respond and responded quickly. they got to the mission in a very short period of time but not enough, they didn't get there quickly enough to save the life of the two people that were killed at the mission itself which is different than the second facility. the attack at the second facility doesn't come for several hours after the first facility. think that is the harder thing to explain. why seven hours later we still weren't protecting the americans that were in benghazi. jenna: senator, who changed the talking points? is there a change of talking points that actually happened? do you believe that? or do you think that there were just, there was a decision made by individuals to de-emphasize certain talking points over others? >> well that's going to be something that we need to find out. what is the chain of information here? who had it? at what point did these talking points change. but back to my original point i'm actually more concerned about why even five days later when ambassador rice is on television app
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he's written books about both the cia and the fbi. do you believe the rivalry between the fbi and cia played any sort of a role in the petraeus downfall? >> well, cia does have a right to be furious and there is a scandal here but it is not about sex. adultery is not a federal crime. the scandal is that a single rogue fbi agent appears to have taken it upon himself to leak the raw reporting in this case to a member of congress. that's not how the game is played. that is a dirty business. >> you're talking about the agent that was contacted initially and wasn't part of the fbi investigation, but had some knowledge because he was the one that passed it on to his superiors, he then apparently went to someone who went to eric cantor, and that sort of started the ball rolling. that's not how this came out. is he really a major player in all of this? >> i think he should be and i think he will be. because that is dishonorable conduct. the fbi and the cia spent the second half of the 20th century at war with one another and their feuding was
he's written books about both the cia and the fbi. do you believe the rivalry between the fbi and cia played any sort of a role in the petraeus downfall? >> well, cia does have a right to be furious and there is a scandal here but it is not about sex. adultery is not a federal crime. the scandal is that a single rogue fbi agent appears to have taken it upon himself to leak the raw reporting in this case to a member of congress. that's not how the game is played. that is a dirty business....